Papilio cynorta

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Papilio cynorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. cynorta
Binomial name
Papilio cynorta
Fabricius, 1793[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio zerynthius Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio boisduvallianus Westwood, 1842
  • Papilio triptolemus Ehrmann, 1918
  • Papilio cynorta norcyta Suffert, 1904
  • Papilio gallienus peculiaris Neave, 1904
  • Papilio cynorta f. lavochrea Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio cynorta f. ochrospila Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio cynorta f. acraeamimus Bryk, 1928
  • Papilio cynorta f. albofurculatus Bryk, 1928
  • Papilio cynorta f. parageoides Stoneham, 1944
  • Papilio cynorta cynorta f. agayana Stoneham, 1951
  • Papilio cynorta cynorta f. bwambensis Stoneham, 1951

The Mimetic Swallowtail or Common White Banded Papilio (Papilio cynorta) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Africa, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

Adult females mimic Acraea epaea.

The larvae feed on Clausena, Vepris, Calodendrum, Citrus, Fagara and Teclea species.

Taxonomy

Papilio cynorta is the nominal member of the cynorta species-group. The members of the clade are

References

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  1. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  2. ↑ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  • Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society

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